Documentary Budget Templates Pack
Price: $99
Industry-Standard Documentary Budget Template Pack + Tutorial
Description
Documentary Budget Template Pack
Included in this pack are TWO budget templates: a simple one and a detailed one.
1. The DETAILED Budget Template (6 pages) is a professional grade, Excel-based Documentary Budgeting Template with built-in formulas for easy estimating and actualizing. Includes 5 detailed pages of Line Items, with Summary Top Sheet. This template will impress your funders, while helping you stay well-organized!
2. The SIMPLE Budget Template (1 page) is great for small projects such as promo videos and short docs. Built-in line items and formulas help you make a simple, accurate budget in minutes.
3. FREE BONUS: Distribution Budget Template (3 pages) especially for the distribution phase of your documentary project.
In addition to the templates, get 44-minutes of video tutorials explaining step by step how to use these high powered professional templates to create a well organized and funder-ready budget.
About Your Instructor
Documentary Producer-Director Jilann Spitzmiller
Jilann Spitzmiller is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared on the BBC, Sundance Channel, Starz/Encore, Aljazeera, PBS, Canal+ and many other channels worldwide.
Spitzmiller is a 3-time recipient of ITVS funding and has twice received Sundance Institute funding. She has been a Sundance Institute fellow and a mentor at NALIP's Producer's Lab, as well as a guest panelist and teacher at many festivals and workshops. Her work has won more than 20 awards and has been shown around the globe.
She is co-founder of DocuMentors and is deeply committed to helping filmmakers world-wide have the most impact that they can by telling their best story possible.
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Spitzmiller is a 3-time recipient of ITVS funding and has twice received Sundance Institute funding. She has been a Sundance Institute fellow and a mentor at NALIP's Producer's Lab, as well as a guest panelist and teacher at many festivals and workshops. Her work has won more than 20 awards and has been shown around the globe.
She is co-founder of DocuMentors and is deeply committed to helping filmmakers world-wide have the most impact that they can by telling their best story possible.
What's Inside:
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Welcome & Instructions
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: Simple Documentary Budget Template
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QUICKVIEW: Simple Budget Template (PDF)
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TEMPLATE: Simple Documentary Budget Template (XLS)
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: Detailed Documentary Budget Template - PART 1
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: Detailed Documentary Budget Template - PART 2
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QUICK VIEW: Detailed Documentary Budget Template Topsheet (PDF)
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QUICK VIEW: Detailed Documentary Budget Template - Detail Pages (PDF)
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TEMPLATE: Detailed Documentary Budget Template (XLS)
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TEMPLATE: Detailed Documentary Budget Template (Live Google Doc) - COPY FIRST - DO NOT WRITE IN THIS ONE
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Distribution Budget Template PDF (Quick View)
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Distribution Budget Template (Excel)
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Quick Survey - Thank You!
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Budgeting Resources
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About this course
- 14 lessons
- 2 hours of video content
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